Comment: Shrinkwrap may be renewed, no visible damage on disc or booklet. Jewel case may have cosmetic damage, online codes for possible online content are expired or missing. Shipping time 8-21 business days.

Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfilment centres, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA products qualify for FREE Super Saver Shipping

Most helpful customer reviews

Three Germans and two British pilots are shot down over Norway and end up in the same hunting cabin. They struggle with each other and realize that they are not much different. They come together to survive.

This is not an action war story, but an anti-war story. It is a good entertaining drama which is filmed mostly in one location. The film consists mostly of dialouge and interaction between the groups. It has some minor attempts at humor, but misses the mark unless a Brit asking for tea under the circumstances is funny.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)

Amazon.com:
130 reviews

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful

Improbable Friendships: Another side of warApril 8 2013

By
Grady Harp
- Published on Amazon.com

Format: DVD

INTO THE WHITE, also known as CROSS OF HONOR, is based on fact and in adapting the facts to the screen director Petter Næss along with co-writers Ole Meldgaard and Dave Mango have turned out a film that could easily have been a stage play, restricted for the most part as it is to the confines on one cabin. But then the vast beauty of the Norwegian landscape would have been sacrificed and it is that use of the bleak snow clad solitude that underlines the effects of isolation on the human response and survival under austere conditions.

On April 27, 1940, while the Germans and the British were struggling to gain control of Norway's vast natural resource to aid their war efforts two enemy fighter planes were shot down over the tundra of Norway. We meet the German soldiers first - Lieutenant Horst Schopis (Florian Lukas), Feldwebel Wolfgang Strunk (Stig Henrik Hoff) and the wounded Unteroffizier Josef Schwartz (David Kross) as they struggle for survival, sleeping in snow caves and finally fining a deserted one room cabin where they settle in without much food and little comforts. Next we meet the British crew of the plane that crashed in the conflict with the Germans - Captain Charles P. Davenport (Lachlan Nieboer) and Gunner Robert Smith (Rupert Grint). The Brits find the German held cabin and join the Germans in a hostile relationship: there is a constant struggle of who is in charge, the Geneva convention rules of prisoners of war etc. But gradually the friction diminishes as the five men cope with finding food, warmth, and the care of Josef's arm, which has turned gangrenous. The facades of their military personalities fade into the unique personal needs of each and the result is an improbable friendship laced with angst, philosophy, humor, and mutual caring: in the end we are all equals and `enemies' morph into caring friends.

As the credits role at film's end we are informed of the fates of each of the five men. The story is solid, touching, humorous at times, and carries a strong message about what war does to men's minds and It is only when isolated from the `badges of countries' that these unlikely men becomes bonded. A very strong film. Grady Harp, April 13

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful

GrippingMarch 14 2013

By
RealWoman8
- Published on Amazon.com

Verified Purchase

I really enjoyed Into the White. The acting was very good, good enough that I wanted to reach through the TV and slap the characters silly a few times. As the story of the British and German airmen trapped together in a snowy cabin unfolds, you get to know each one and feel for them and the decisions that loom ahead of them. Knowing this was based on a true story made it all the more poignant. If you like WWII movies or character-driven movies, then you'll probably enjoy Into the White.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful

Suprisingly goodMay 4 2013

By
pjt
- Published on Amazon.com

Verified Purchase

As probably most viewers of this review have already read the other reviews. So basically, it is a (true) story of two sides (German and English) shot each other planes down, they end up helping each other survive in a high regional mountain cabin in Norway. Of course, the era was WWII. What was intriguing was the evolution of how both sides became good friends.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful

Wow what a great suprise, WWII Movie (German and English Viewpoints)May 8 2013

By
Andrew Sliwkowski
- Published on Amazon.com

Verified Purchase

[Review]"Into the White"- If you seen every WWII movie 3x and would liketo understand how Being Human, Being Soldiers provide adwelling where 2 English Aviators and 3 German Aviators(who shot them down) create a narrative that keep's youat the edge of your seat.Realizing their sworn enemies are the only hope to survive,this friendship cross-cuts humanity during the horrors of WWII,a kinship and battle to survive leads them only to be seen an traitors.

I watched it 3 times and got something new each time,I hope others share there how it changed their way oflooking at the world.

Andrew

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful

A true story about a little known WWII event. A movie much like Winter In Wartime. Little slow but worth watching. I say B.June 23 2013

By
Tony Heck
- Published on Amazon.com

Format: Blu-ray

"Listen to me, you twisted cheese-eating gnome. While you've been sitting down here waiting for the sun to shine, we've been struggling to survive, in a remote cabin, with some Germans." This is a true story set in 1940 WWII. After shooting down a British plane a plane carrying 3 Germans crashes in remote Norway. After walking for awhile they find a cabin and decide to stay there until they can travel again. They are surprised when they find the 2 British pilots show up. Taking turns capturing each other they soon realize that the only way to survive is to work together. First of all I have to say that if you are expecting a war movie this is not what you are looking for. On the other hand it is a good movie and is worth seeing. I enjoy true stories anyway but this one really shows the humanity of people during wartime. There really isn't much more to this then 5 people in a cabin talking and it is a little slow but it is interesting enough to keep you watching and I enjoyed it. Overall, if you liked Winter In Wartime then you will like this one as well. I give it a B.